Chemistry

Interview

Interview transcript What is science and what is science in relation to other ways for humans to deal with the wonders of life, like literature and poetry or music or arts or religion. This is what we are going to talk about today. Welcome to this interview Roald Hoffman. Maybe we will…

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Banquet speech

Kenichi Fukui’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the privilege to speak on behalf of Professor Roald Hoffmann and myself and to express first of all our deepest gratitude for the high honour and warm hospitality that have been given us on this…

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Banquet speech

Roald Hoffmann’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1981 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Fellow Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Students of Stockholm, Students of all Sweden! I salute you for all that you represent: For your youth, your beauty and your strength – symbolic of mankind’s constant renewal! For your devotion to knowledge, your…

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